Nation | World: Executve, wife, son and housekeeper slain

WASHINGTON - A corporate executive, his wife, their 10-year-old son and a housekeeper were slain inside a multimillion-dollar northwest Washington home that was set on fire, District of Columbia police said Friday.

At least three of the victims suffered stab wounds or blunt-force injuries and all four were homicide victims, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Friday. The injuries were sustained before the fire was set on Thursday afternoon.

Lanier identified the couple as Savvas Savopolous, 46, and his wife, Amy Savopolous, 47. She said the other two victims had been tentatively identified as the couple's 10-year-old son, Philip, and a housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, 57, of Silver Spring, Md.

Wreckage found of Marine copter; no survivors so far

SAN DIEGO - The wreckage of a Marine helicopter from Camp Pendleton missing in Nepal since Tuesday has been found and there are no apparent survivors, the U.S. military said Friday.

Six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were aboard the UH-1Y Huey when it disappeared while on a relief mission after a pair of earthquakes in the mountainous nation.

Capt. Chris Norgren of Wichita, Kan., was a pilot on the helicopter. Lance Cpl. Jacob Hug of Phoenix was also on the helicopter.

3 men in runningfor June elections shot and killed

MEXICO CITY - A candidate for mayor was shot to death in western Mexico and a man running for city council was gunned downed in southern Mexico, bringing to at least three the number of candidates killed in the run-up to the June 7 midterm elections.

All three killings occurred in areas heavily hit by drug cartel violence, but there was no immediate information on the motives in the deaths.

On Thursday, gunmen in a truck opened fire on a campaign rally being held by Enrique Hernandez, a mayoral candidate in Yurecuaro, in the western state of Michoacan.

Also Thursday, gunmen fatally shot Hector Lopez Cruz, who was running for the city council of Huimanguillo, in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, on the ticket of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.

The arid conditions are threatening crops and fish and could cause more wildfires as snow drops to 16 percent of normal levels and 78 percent of streams run below average, according to a statement from Inslee's office.

"We're really starting to feel the pain," Inslee, a 64- year-old Democrat, said in the statement.